Delphic Oracle Posted December 29, 2019 Share #1 Posted December 29, 2019 (edited) Pleased to meet you all! I hail from the Midwest U.S. and grew up building plastic model ships of both sci-fi and WW2 varieties. I tried my hand at wooden ships some decade or so ago and (as does often happen) bit off a good deal more than I could chew at some point. After a small scale galley and a fishing schooner who's names escape me now, I leapt beyond my means into the Constructo HMS Pandora kit. I lacked the toolbag or competence for such a project. I've toyed with a number of techniques on scrap woods and poured over more than a few build logs on this very site recently and, feeling a good bit more confident than in the past, have at least tempered my ambitions with the Model Shipways Rattlesnake model. In some ways the very well documented shortcomings of the kit are part of what made it seem like a better option, as I do intend to pick up some bashing and scratch-building skills along the way. I inquired with a relative I had left some things with a while back and the Pandora kit is back, though has quite a twist in her frame and skewed bulkheads (another repairing/reworking/altering skill-building opportunity). That was done before I knew anything about "fairing" and the rabbit hole that can lead down! I have great respect for the crafters here, master and novice alike. I look forward to our future interactions and will be getting a build log up, pronto! Fair winds, DO Edited December 29, 2019 by Delphic Oracle GrandpaPhil, mtaylor, Duanelaker and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duanelaker Posted December 29, 2019 Share #2 Posted December 29, 2019 Welcome! I recently purchased the constructo pandora kit off eBay...I’m hoping I didn’t overpay and hope to start it once I get a few more boats under my belt. Are you planning on continuing with your build?? I notice their are no completed Pandora logs. mtaylor 1 Quote David Builds in Progress: Phantom Pilot Boat - MS Completed Builds: Bounty Jolly Boat - AL Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiff - MW Grand Banks Dory - Bluejacket The Dinghy - MW Grand Banks Dory - MW 32 Pound Carronade - MS Skiff - MW Peterboro Canoe - MW On Hold: 18th-Century Merchantman Half-Hull - NRG Ponte Berlin - Corel Taurus Steam Towboat - MS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted December 29, 2019 Share #3 Posted December 29, 2019 Hello and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John mtaylor and Delphic Oracle 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce d Posted December 29, 2019 Share #4 Posted December 29, 2019 Welcome to MSW, it is a great place. Delphic Oracle and mtaylor 2 Quote 🌻 STAY SAFE A model shipwright and an amateur historian are heads & tails of the same coin current builds: HMS Berwick 1775, 1/192 scratchbuild; a Slade 74 in the Navy Board style Mediator sloop, 1/48 - an 18th century transport scratchbuild French longboat - CAF - 1/48, on hold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphic Oracle Posted December 29, 2019 Author Share #5 Posted December 29, 2019 (edited) 13 hours ago, Duanelaker said: Welcome! I recently purchased the constructo pandora kit off eBay...I’m hoping I didn’t overpay and hope to start it once I get a few more boats under my belt. Are you planning on continuing with your build?? I notice their are no completed Pandora logs. I do want to rework Pandora back to life, yes. It is possible I may even pause Rattlesnake to get Pandora's first plank layer down. Rattlesnake is single layer and I will want to skill up somehow first. Edited December 29, 2019 by Delphic Oracle Duanelaker and mtaylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted December 30, 2019 Share #6 Posted December 30, 2019 Do give some thought to starting a build log. It's a great way to get help and someone looking over your shoulder. Delphic Oracle 1 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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